2022 in Malawi
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This article lists events from the year 2022 in Malawi.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi
March
[edit]- 24 March – The World Health Organization announces that a polio vaccination campaign will begin in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia.[1]
April
[edit]- 29 April – A high court in Malawi convicts five people of killing an albino man and seven more people of selling the man's body parts. The body parts are desired by some local residents, who believe that they can bring luck and wealth.[2]
November
[edit]- 28 November – The Malawi government purportedly signed a US$6.8 billion grant agreement with the Belgium-registered Bridgin Foundation, promising infrastructure and development projects, sparking immediate controversy over its legitimacy.[3][4]
Deaths
[edit]- 29 July – Emmie Chanika, human rights activist (born 1956)[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Polio vaccination campaign kicks off in Malawi and neighboring countries". News-Medical.net. March 24, 2022. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
- ^ Malawi News, VOA (April 29, 2022). "Malawi Court Convicts 12 people in Albino attack".
- ^ "Malawi gets $6.8 bn BRIDGIN Foundation grant". Capital Radio Malawi. November 29, 2022. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
- ^ Chitete, Suzgo (April 1, 2023). "Too good to be true – Malawi's $6.8 billion jackpot?". AmaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
- ^ Mkandawire, Mwayi (July 29, 2022). "Human rights activist Emmie Chanika dies". Malawi 24. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
